By Professor Jacqueline Close

Journal articles

Taylor ME; Delbaere K; Lord SR; Mikolaizak AS; Brodaty H; Close JC, 2013, 'Neuropsychological, Physical, and Functional Mobility Measures Associated With Falls in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults.', The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 69, pp. 987 - 995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glt166

Mikolaizak AS; Simpson PM; Tiedemann A; Lord SR; Caplan GA; Bendall JC; Howard K; Close JC, 2013, 'Intervention to prevent further falls in older people who call an ambulance as a result of a fall: A protocol for the iPREFER randomised controlled trial', BMC Health Services Research, 13, pp. 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-360

Simpson PM; Bendall JC; Patterson J; Tiedemann A; Middleton PM; Close JC, 2013, 'Epidemiology of ambulance responses to older people who have fallen in New South Wales, Australia', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 32, pp. 171 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00621.x

Mikolaizak AS; Simpson PM; Tiedemann A; Lord SR; Close JC, 2013, 'Systematic review of non-transportation rates and outcomes for older people who have fallen after ambulance service call-out', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 32, pp. 147 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12023

Simpson PM; Bendall JC; Tiedemann A; Lord SR; Close JCT, 2013, 'Provision of out-of-hospital analgesia to older fallers with suspected fractures: Above par, but opportunities for improvement exist', Academic Emergency Medicine, 20, pp. 761 - 768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acem.12190

Close J; Zeltzer J; Toson B; Mitchell R; Ahmad L; Harris I, 2013, 'Variation in 30 day mortality for hip fracture patients in NSW', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 32, pp. 21 - 21, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000320321900033&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Harvey LA; Close JCT, 2013, 'Erratum: Traumatic brain injury in older adults: Characteristics, causes and consequences (Injury (2012) 43:11 (1821-1826))', Injury, 44, pp. 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2012.09.026

Close JCT, 2013, 'How can you prevent falls and subsequent fractures?', Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology, 27, pp. 821 - 834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.berh.2013.12.001

Wesson J; Clemson L; Brodaty H; Lord S; Taylor M; Gitlin L; Close J, 2013, 'A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a tailored prevention program to reduce falls in older people with mild dementia', BMC Geriatrics, 13, pp. 89 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-89

Wong K; Lord SR; Sturnieks DL; Delbaere K; Trollor JN; Close J, 2013, 'Angiotensin System-Blocking Medications Are Associated with Fewer Falls over 12 Months in Community-Dwelling Older People', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, pp. 776 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12205

Kvelde T; McVeigh C; Toson B; Greenaway M; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Close J, 2013, 'Depressive symptomatology as a risk factor for falls in older people: Systematic review and meta-analysis', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, pp. 694 - 706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12209

Kwan M; Tsang WW; Close J; Lord SR, 2013, 'Development and validation of a Chinese version of the Falls Efficacy Scale International', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 56, pp. 169 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2012.10.007

Scandol JP; Toson B; Close J, 2013, 'Fall-related hip fracture hospitalisations and the prevalence of dementia within older people in New South Wales, Australia: An analysis of linked data', Injury : International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 44, pp. 776 - 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2012.11.023

Mitchell RJ; Close J; Lord S; Cameron ID, 2013, 'Fall-related sub-acute and non-acute care and hospitalised rehabilitation episodes of care: what is the injury burden?', Australian Health Review, 37, pp. 348 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH12031

Taylor ME; Delbaere K; Mikolaizak AS; Lord SR; Close J, 2013, 'Gait parameter risk factors for falls under simple and dual task conditions in cognitively impaired older people', Gait and Posture, 37, pp. 126 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.06.024

Mitchell RJ; Stanford R; McVeigh C; Bell D; Close J, 2013, 'Incidence, circumstances and treatment of high-level cervical spinal fracture in New South Wales, Australia over a 12 year period', Injury - International Journal of the Care of the Injured, EPUB, pp. 217 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2013.02.024

Kwan M; Tsang WW; Lin SI; Greenaway M; Close JCT; Lord SR, 2013, 'Increased concern is protective for falls in Chinese older people: The Chopstix Fall Risk Study', Journals of Gerontology, Series A : Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 68, pp. 946 - 953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls.338

Pascoe DA; Sturnieks DL; Close JCT; Tiedemann A; Lord SR; Twomey D; Finch CF, 2013, 'Knowledge outcomes and retention of a university-based falls prevention education program', FOCUS ON HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 15, pp. 55 - 66

Tiedemann A; Mikolaizak AS; Sherrington C; Segin K; Lord SR; Close J, 2013, 'Older fallers attended to by an ambulance but not transported to hospital: A vulnerable population at high risk of future falls', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37, pp. 179 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12037

Menant J; Wong K; Sturnieks D; Close J; Delbaere K; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Lord SR, 2013, 'Pain and anxiety mediate the relationship between dizziness and falls in older people', Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61, pp. 423 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12131

Taylor ME; Delbaere K; Lord SR; Mikolaizak AS; Close J, 2013, 'Physical impairments in cognitively impaired older people: implications for risk of falls', International Psychogeriatrics, 25, pp. 148 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610212001184

Paul S; Canning C; Sherrington C; Lord SR; Close J; Fung VS, 2013, 'Three Simple Clinical Tests to Accurately Predict Falls in People with Parkinson's Disease', Movement Disorders, 28, pp. 655 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.25404

Delbaere K; Close JCT; Taylor ME; Wesson J; Lord SR, 2013, 'Validation of the iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale in Cognitively Impaired Older People', Journals of Gerontology, Series A : Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 68, pp. 1098 - 1102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glt007

Tiedemann A; Sherrington C; Orr T; Vogler C; Hallen J; Kelly A; Lewis D; Lord Stephen R SR; Close JCT, 2012, 'Identifying older people at high risk of future falls: Development and validation of a screening tool for use in emergency departments', Emergency Medicine Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201783

Ramsay EM; Sherrington C; Close JCT; Lord SR; Barraclough E; Kirkham C; O'Rourke S; Vogler C; Dean C; Clemson L, 2012, 'Predictors of exercise dose during a 1-year home-based exercise intervention for older people recently discharged from hospital', JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, 20, pp. S135 - S136, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000307433500231&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Close J; Lord S, 2012, 'Managing falls in older patients with cognitive impairment', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 31, pp. 8 - 8, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000303436300009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Close JCT; Greenaway M; Toson B, 2012, 'Reducing the incidence of fall related hospitalisations in NSW - More than just treating bones', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 31, pp. 30 - 30, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000303436300056&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Whitney JC; Close JCT; Lord SR; Jackson SHD, 2012, 'NEW FALLS RISK FACTORS IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT LIVING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE', AGE AND AGEING, 41, pp. 40 - 40, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297859100041&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Whitney JC; Lord SR; Close JCT; Jackson SHD, 2012, 'SIMPLE PREDICTORS OF FALLS FOR COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED RESIDENTIAL CARE DWELLERS', AGE AND AGEING, 41, pp. 39 - 39, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000297859100040&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Zheng JJJ; Lord SR; Close JCT; Sachdev PS; Wen W; Brodaty H; Delbaere K, 2012, 'Brain white matter hyperintensities, executive dysfunction, instability, and falls in older people: A prospective cohort study', Journals of Gerontology, Series A : Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 67, pp. 1085 - 1091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls063

Kwan M; Lin SI; Close J; Lord SR, 2012, 'Depressive symptoms in addition to visual impairment, reduced strength and poor balance predict falls in older Taiwanese people', Age and Ageing, 41, pp. 606 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs065

Hindmarsh D; Loh M; Finch CF; Hayen A; Close JC, 2012, 'Effect of comorbidity on relative survival following hospitalisation for fall-related hip fracture in older people', Australasian Journal on Ageing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00638.x

Simpson PM; Middleton PM; Bendall JC; Patterson J; Tiedemann A; Close JC, 2012, 'Epidemiology of ambulance responses to older people who have fallen in New South Wales, Australia', Australasian Journal on Ageing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00621.x

Taylor ME; Ketels M; Delbaere K; Mikolaizak AS; Lord SR; Close J, 2012, 'Gait impairment and falls in cognitively impaired older adults: an explanatory model of sensorimotor and neuropsychological mediators', Age and Ageing, 41, pp. 665 - 669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs057

Delbaere K; Close J; Kochan NA; Sachdev PS; Lord SR, 2012, 'Good memory as a predictor of falls: fact or artifact', Age and Ageing, 41, pp. 404 - 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afs004

Sherrington C; Lord S; Vogler C; Close J; Howard K; Dean C; Barraclough E; Ramsay E; O’Rourke S; Cumming R, 2012, 'Home exercise improved balance but increased falls in older community-dwelling people after hospital stays: An RCT', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15, pp. S48 - S48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2012.11.117

Whitney J; Close J; Lord S; Jackson S, 2012, 'Identification of high risk fallers amog older people living in residential care facilities: A simple screen based on easily collectible measures', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 55, pp. 690 - 695

Delbaere K; Kochan NA; Close J; Menant J; Sturnieks DL; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Lord SR, 2012, 'Mild Cognitive impairment as a predictor of falls in community-dwelling older people', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, pp. 845 - 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e31824afbc4

Close J; Lord SR; Antonova E; Martin M; Lensberg B; Taylor ME; Hallen J; Kelly A, 2012, 'Older people presenting to the emergency department after a fall: a population with substantial recurrent healthcare use', Emergency Medicine Journal, 29, pp. 742 - 747

Taylor M; Lord SR; Delbaere K; Mikolaizak AS; Close J, 2012, 'Physiological Fall Risk Factors in Cognitively Impaired Older People: A One-Year Prospective Study.', Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 34, pp. 181 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000343077

Close J, 2012, 'Preventing falls and fall-related injury in older people: How GPs can help', Medicine Today, 13, pp. 24 - 31

Menant J; Close J; Delbaere K; Sturnieks DL; Trollor JN; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Lord , 2012, 'Relationships between serum vitamin D levels, neuromuscular and neuropsychological function and falls in older men and women', Osteoporosis International, 23, pp. 981 - 989, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-011-1637-7

Harvey LA; Close J, 2012, 'Traumatic brain injury in older adults: characteristics, causes and consequences.', Injury : International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 43, pp. 1821 - 1826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2012.07.188

Whitney J; Close J; Jackson SHD; Lord S, 2012, 'Understanding risk of falls in people with cognitive impairment living in residential care', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 13, pp. 535 - 540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2012.03.009

Zheng J; Delbaere K; Close J; Sachdev PS; Wen W; Lord SR, 2012, 'White matter hyperintensities and impaired choice stepping reaction time in older people', Neurobiology of Aging, 33, pp. 1177 - 1185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.12.009

Close J; Lord S; Taylor M; Mikolaizak S; Delbaere K, 2011, 'Physiological risk factors for falls in people with and without cognitive impairment - a case control study', AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, 30, pp. 10 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00523b.x

Sherrington C; Lord SR; Close J; Barraclough E; Taylor M; O'Rourke S; Kurrle S; Tiedemann A; Cumming RG; Herbert RD, 2011, 'A simple tool predicted probability of falling after aged care inpatient rehabilitation', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64, pp. 779 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.09.015

Halter M; Vernon S; Snooks HA; Porter A; Close J; Moore F; Porsz S, 2011, 'Complexity of the decision-making process of ambulance staff for assessment and referral of older people who have fallen: A qualitative study', Emergency Medicine Journal, 28, pp. 44 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.079566

Tiedemann A; Sherrington C; Close J; Lord SR, 2011, 'Exercise and Sports Science Australia position statement on exercise and falls prevention in older people', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 14, pp. 489 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.04.001

Close J; Lord SR, 2011, 'Fall assessment in older people', British Medical Journal: International, 343, pp. 579 - 585, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d5153

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